MUSKEGON HEIGHTS — Authorities say a 26-year-old man who lost control of his car and crashed into a Sixth Street home on Thursday was encouraged to speed by an 11-year-old boy in the car.

According to Muskegon Heights Police who were at the scene of the crash, the man was traveling about 50 mph over a small hill in the road when he veered off the road and into a home at 2021 Sixth just after 3:30 p.m. His red Chevrolet Monte Carlo came to rest, upside down, on the front steps of the home.

Muskegon Heights Patrol Lt. Lynne Gill said the man told police he was listening to a young passenger in the car who wanted him to speed.

“His girlfriend’s 11-year-old son, who was also in the vehicle, was telling him to jump over a small hill and go faster,” Gill said.

The man was expected to be arraigned Friday in Muskegon County’s 60th District Court.